Princess Isabella: The Rise of an Hair ist ein Wimmelbild-Abenteuer, welches von Gogii Games/World Gloom entwickelt wurde.


In Princess Isabella: The Rise of an Hair spielst du Bella, eine Prinzessin die von 3 Feen aufgezogen wurde, diese wurden einer bösen Hexe gefangen genommen. Deine Aufgabe besteht darin, diese zu befreien und dem Leid das diesem Land zugefügt wurde, ein Ende zu setzen und es zu befreien. So mit beginnt dein Abenteuer..


+ interessante Geschichte
+ stimmiger Sound
+ Notizbuch
+ Hilfefunktion
+ Bonuskapitel
+ Trading Cards und Errungenschaften


- kurze Spielzeit von 2-3 Stunden
- Grafik etwas altbacken


Princess Isabella: The Rise of an Hair ist ein Wimmelbild-Abenteuer voller Magie. Klare Kaufempfehlung für Fans dieses Genres.

Man, schade :( Nachdem mir Teil 1 + 2 richtig Spaß gemacht hatten, ist das hier eine riesige Enttäuschung.
Die Vorgänger waren schön, hatten Witz und Charme, es war alles liebevoll ausgearbeitet, Kommentare der "Helferlein", Texte, Infos ... und hier?
Schlechte und vor allem auch unstimmige Grafik - als hätte man sie sich aus verschiedenen Quellen zusammengeklaubt, die stilistisch gar nicht zueinanderpassen -, lieblose Präsentation, reduziertes Gameplay, kaum Infos zum Geschehen (man klappert halt stumpf Gebiete ab), dazu noch eine schlechte deutsche Übersetzung (z.B. "Präzession" statt "Präzision" ... dann lieber gar keine Lokalisierung). Da ist mir ganz schnell die Lust vergangen und das Spiel flog von der Platte.
Wirklich schade.

Das Spiel ist ziemlich leicht und schnell durchgespielt, daher eher was für Anfänger.
Nur dieses eine "Bring alle Schalter zum leuchten"-Rätsel ist etwas schwieriger.
(Edit: Bei einem Drehscheibenrätsel am Anfang muss man auch erstmal erkennen, dass die Drehscheiben nicht die selbe Farbe wie die benachbarten Drehscheiben haben müssen, sondern die beiden dazwischen liegenden Formen angenzend jeweils viermal die selbe Farbe haben müssen.)

Das Artwork sieht gut aus, lediglich der Drache und die Eule sind arg niedlich geraten.
Ein Pluspunkt ist, dass es zwei "Bosskämpfe" gibt.

Etwas nervig ist wiederum die Suche nach Objekten außerhalb der Wimmelbilder. Hier muss man beispielsweise oft zerbrechlich aussehende Sachen mit einem Zauberstab zerbrechen, um an eines von zig fehlenden Porträtteilen heranzukommen.

Schade ist, dass es nur noch wenige Achievements gibt. Eine Belohnung für das Lösen aller Wimmelbildszenen ohne Tipp wäre schon nett.

Im letzten Wimmelbild wurde die Pfeife (Pipe) mit Rohr übersetzt, aber seis drum...

Insgesamt kein schlechtes Spiel, aber es gibt auf Steam einige Wimmelbildspiele (auch von Artifex Mundi), bei denen man fürs selbe Geld länger und / oder besser unterhalten wird (z.B. Enigmatis 2 oder Dark Arcana: The Carnival).

Es ist zwar ein ganz nettes Wimmelbildspiel,
aber wer Artifex kennt,
weiß was sie eigentlich können

Das Spiel an sich ist sehr eintönig,
die Rätsel sind eher naja,
die Grafik ist nicht mal mittelmäßig & die Geschichte eher unterirdisch & langweilig

Mal für zwischendurch ganz nett,
aber empfehlen würde ich es nicht mal einen Anfänger

Boring, bad graphic.

Bought it in sale for 3€ and i'm happy i bought it on sale.


4/10

Ein kurzes, für den Preis etwas teures Spiel, das zumindest im Deutschen einige Fehler hat.
Mir sind zumindest 2 grobe Übersetzungsfehler aufgefallen (Rohr statt Pfeife z.B.) und einige ungenaue Beschreibungen wie ich finde bei den Rätseln!

Abseits davon ist die Story ganz nett und auch recht gut Inszeniert. Gameplay ähnelt den Vorgängern. Das Rad wird aber nicht neu erfunden und das meiste ist Einheitsbrei!

Fazit: Im Sale kann man es sich vielleicht holen, ansonsten Finger weg...

Princess Isabella: The Rise of an Heir is the last game in the titular series, and probably the weakest game in means of gameplay dynamic, puzzle choices and story elaboration to begin with. It was in the Steam Store for ages alongside other two games before Artifex Mundi got the rights from Gogii Games to remaster. The old original game - a cheesy, yet okay conclusion to otherwise beautiful series - is sadly not acquirable through the Steam Store anymore. This is the remaster arranged by Artifex Mundi, and even though that I'm a fan of the publisher, I'll go out on a limb and declare that they didn't even try to make a decent job here.

Spoiler Alert! Isabella's last battle with the witch didn't end happily. Yes, she managed to rescue Bella with the aid of her companions, yet her momentary distraction costed her everything. The witch turned her into a stone statue, Prince Adam completely lost his mind and the kingdom has fallen under the tyrannical rule of the witch... Yet, in a silent and peaceful corner of the realm, three fairy godmothers and the dragon raised little Bella to be a capable wizardess just like her mother, for her to return and complete the deed that her mother failed to do so. Upon finally discovering Bella's location, the witch sends her hounds after Bella, and her hurry to clean this mess begins... Will there be a happily ever after, after all?

Let's start with the display options. The old original - just like previous games - was weaved out of pastel colors, dusty environments and all pictures carried an elegant shimmer. With new rendering of the images, filter and tone choices for colors got bolder and shinier. As a personal choice, I found that a bit of an unnecessary contrast with the original setting, lessening the atmosphere. Quoting from a friend's comment: "Pictures look like Walt Disney threw up all over the place." Well, that is kinda appropriate of a definition here. I usually adore Artifex Mundi's color choices, yet playing prior games it felt unfitting for Isabella series' elegance and naivety. Resolutions compared to the old game are marvelously better though, I won't lie. Art works and HOG scenes are much clearer, and it got a lot much easier to go through item fetching.

Some great annoyance on my part was that some voice acting got changed - to a lesser quality, surprisingly - and others are completely missing. Some character introduction scenes and other cutscenes are cut out, leaving small holes in the original plotline. The setting was overwhelmed with the concept of catholic evil to begin with - cleansing the evil out of all places that we run through, wickedly laughing villain, Eye of Sauron-ish watching eye of the witch, a curse so sticky that it takes 3 games to clean thoroughly - and not very original about it. Cutting out content leaves it fatally wounded. Sure, we are lucky that this is a collector’s edition which offers some bonus gameplay and references to older games, but I'd appreciate if I'd be able to see mandrake's introduction scene or hear the voice of the whale that resides on the beach.

HOG scenes got a heck lot of easier with lesser items to find on cleaner picture renderings. They are mostly redone with the same items. Puzzles are altered too; some getting ridiculously easier, others unnecessarily complicated. Item interface has also been changed with your wand being in dangerous proximity to hint button; just be warned. I do not recall whether there was a map or not, but I certainly hadn't any need for it. The environment itself is somewhat limited anyhow with a backtracking being mandatory.

Overall, this is most certainly not one of Artifex Mundi's better games, neither the best game in Isabella series anyhow. I could recommend the game only if you've played previous games and curious about what will happen to Isabella in the end. Even then, I recommend finding and playing the original through Big Fish Games.

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While the third Princess Isabella game is still the weakest in the series, at least this Steam re-release finally has the bonus chapter, plus trading cards and achievements.

Artifex Mundi tried to spice up their re-release of Princess Isabella 3: Rise of an Heir with their usual achievements and trading cards, but even these additions cannot hide the original issues of the game, like the bland hidden object scenes, lack of puzzles, or the repetitive item gathering.

New players have the luxury of not knowing how worse the gameplay and the helper system got since the previous games, but they also won’t really know what is going on, since the short plot dump at the start is hardly enough to catch up. (This is why it is baffling why they re-released only the third part of the trilogy.) Returning players may also feel alienated by a new protagonist, the daughter of Isabella, even if her task is to save her mother from the witch’s curse. (20 years after it was cast. She was apparently busy until now.)
This release also includes the previously missing bonus chapter to give a proper ending to the trilogy, but even with it, I can only recommend this game for those who want a full Artifex Mundi collection.

Keine dolle Grafik, Animationen sind rar, die Rätsel nichts neues. Die HO-Teile sind okay.

This is a quite short and repetitive game. The story is cringeworthy (but at least they included the eye of Sauron...) and that the names are simply 'owl', 'fairy' and 'dragon' (really their *names* are that) shows the lack of imagination that went into the game. The presentation shows that the video sequences weren't touched at all (if you play a non 4:3 resolution you'll see what I mean) and the voice acting is quite amateurish. Compared to the original (which was only a dollar on Steam) there's trading cards, achievements and a questionable bonus chapter to be had.

The game isn't fun to play to begin with, but the really weak 'update' (most of the puzzles were just dumbed down to a point were you only have to click a few times) makes it hard to recommend at any price. If this is part of a bundle you might want to pick it up, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend to get it.